Vehicle-shafts



(No Model.)

C. S. BEEBE. VEHICLE SH'APTS.

No. 458,355. PatentedAug. 25, 1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES S. BEEBE, OF RACINE, IISCONSIN.

VEHICLE-SHAFTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 458,356, dated August25, 1891.

Application iiled March 23, 1891. Serial No. 386,026- fNo model.)

To a/ZZ whom it mayconcern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES S. BEEBE, a

'citizen of the United States, and a resident of My invention consistsin certain peculiari-l ties of construction and combination of parts tobe hereinafter described with reference to the accompanyingdrawings andsubsequently claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l represents aplan view of a pair ofvehicle-shafts constructed according to my invention 5 and Fig. 2, aside elevation of the same, the cross-bar being in transverse section online 2 2 of the preceding; iigure.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A represents wooden shafts havingmetal heels B, the latter being bolted or otherwise detachably connectedtothe shafts, and a cross-bar C and braces D are also detach ablyconnected to said shafts and cross-bar. The detachable shaft-heels B andbraces D are preferably of angle orsocalled T iron, and the form er areshown as having coupling-eyes b formed on their lower ends. The heels Bare shown compound as to curve, in order to give the shafts A the properrise and to form braces that come in against the cross-bar C from thepoints at which they are bolted or otherwise detachably secured to saidshafts, and I pre fer to curve the braces D in order to get the bestpossible result as to strength and finish.

Heretofore it has been usual to make wooden shafts of suflicient lengthto permit of their rear ends or heels being bent to the propercurvature, this bending being' of itself a somewhat expensive operation,and the object of my invention is to effect a savingin cost of themanufacture of vehiclefshafts, as well as to permit of the knocking downand packing of the same in small space. These objects I attain by thesubstitution of the metal heels for wooden ones and the generalconstruction and combination of parts above described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to.secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A pair of vehicle-shafts comprising' metallic heels, each of which iscurved in one direction to give the proper rise and then curved inanother direction to form a brace, a wooden section secured to the firstcurve of cach heel, and a cross-bar having its ends secured to the braceportions of said heels, substantially as set forth.

2. A pair of vehicle-shafts comprising metallic heels, each of which iscurved in one direction to give the proper rise and then curved inanother direction to form a brace, a wooden section secured to the firstcurve of each heel, a cross-bar having` its ends secured to the braceportions ot said heels, and metallic braces uniting' the wooden sectionsand cross-bar in front of the latter, substantially as set forth.

3. A pair of knockdown vehicle-shafts coinprising metallic heels, eachof which is curved in one direction to give the proper rise and thencurved in another direction to form a brace, a Wooden section having anunbent rear end detachably secured to the first curve of each heel, across-bar detachably connected to the brace portions of said heels, andmetallic braces likewise connected tothe wooden sections and cross-barin front of the latter, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing- I have hereunto set my hand, atthe city of Racine, in the county of Racine and State of Wisconsin, inthe presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES S. BEEBE.

Witnesses:

ERAsTUs C. PECK, SELMA E. BEEBE.

